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>> smith: manning was taking a big risk. under the army's "don't ask, don't tell" rules, gay soldiers, like manning, were required to keep their sexual orientation secret. his friends also worried about his political activism. >> in his facebook profile, he posted signs and pictures at his presence at rallies. >> smith: gay rights rallies? >> right. this struck me as very dangerous to his position. i mean, i admired him for his... you know, for his courage on this, but i thought it might be a little bit foolhardy. >> smith: during this period, manning also started a relationship with a young man from upstate new york named tyler watkins. on weekends, bradley would visit him in boston, where watkins was studying. during those trips, the young intelligence analyst also found a new group of friends, computer science students and hackers. at the time, wikileaks was already making headlines, and julian assange was an admired figure among hackers. boston opened new doors for manning, but he had a problem back on base. >> he though
>> smith: manning was taking a big risk. under the army's "don't ask, don't tell" rules, gay soldiers, like manning, were required to keep their sexual orientation secret. his friends also worried about his political activism. >> in his facebook profile, he posted signs and pictures at his presence at rallies. >> smith: gay rights rallies? >> right. this struck me as very dangerous to his position. i mean, i admired him for his... you know, for his courage on...
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report that quite frankly makes our military commanders out to be big fat liars see last week the un released a quarterly report on the war in afghanistan in the statistics were not pretty violence is up fifty one percent since this time last year so were civilian casualties compared to the spring of two thousand and ten there of twenty percent the number of afghans who've been displaced is up four percent making the number now more than four hundred and thirty five thousand people so it would take those numbers how many how do we compare that to at which enter general john allen who stated to take over the war command as commander what he said last tuesday in front of a senate panel he said the violence is five percent lower so far this year in comparison to last year so that's exactly the opposite of what the u.n. report has found so is the u.s. military lying and fudging the numbers and when will congress or the white house finally notice joins me to discuss that is jack rice former cia officer and criminal defense attorney jack thanks so much always a pleasure to have you on the
report that quite frankly makes our military commanders out to be big fat liars see last week the un released a quarterly report on the war in afghanistan in the statistics were not pretty violence is up fifty one percent since this time last year so were civilian casualties compared to the spring of two thousand and ten there of twenty percent the number of afghans who've been displaced is up four percent making the number now more than four hundred and thirty five thousand people so it would...
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we never got the big shows there for keeping safe get ready for the freedom. well looks like wiki leaks has finally gathered a legal crew to take on credit card companies visa master card just last week we showed you how joyous songs poked fun at master card by spoofing one of its very old commercials people servers knew you could do this and. donations lost to the banking book a fifteen million dollars that it cost to the whole sort of. five hundred thousand dollars. watching the world. series so. priceless. there's all the jokes are now over now wiki leaks is getting serious because you probably remember when the whistle blowing organization first released its massive stash of diplomatic cables from the us he's a master card suspended all methods of payment to waking leaks through their companies so the group set out a press release through its twitter page saying of those credit card companies have been engaging in a us to backed financial blockade and then they explain that they're suing visa and master card the press release states the company is a coordi
we never got the big shows there for keeping safe get ready for the freedom. well looks like wiki leaks has finally gathered a legal crew to take on credit card companies visa master card just last week we showed you how joyous songs poked fun at master card by spoofing one of its very old commercials people servers knew you could do this and. donations lost to the banking book a fifteen million dollars that it cost to the whole sort of. five hundred thousand dollars. watching the world. series...
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>> there is a big future. that is a future where we are all able to freely communicate our hopes and dreams and the historical record is an item that is completely -- it could never be changed, deleted, modified. that is something is -- that is my lifelong quest to do. from that, justice lows. -- flows. most of us are reasonably intelligent. if we communicate with each other, organize, and know what is going 9, and that is pretty much what it is all about. in the short term, it is that my staff stopped hassling. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the head of the national institute of health talks about science and innovation in the u.s.. the state department calls on the syrian government to withdraw troops. that briefing is later. in case you just missed it, wikileaks founder in a forum in london. >> on tomorrows "washington journal," we continue our discussion on federal spending and the national debt. after that, pet
>> there is a big future. that is a future where we are all able to freely communicate our hopes and dreams and the historical record is an item that is completely -- it could never be changed, deleted, modified. that is something is -- that is my lifelong quest to do. from that, justice lows. -- flows. most of us are reasonably intelligent. if we communicate with each other, organize, and know what is going 9, and that is pretty much what it is all about. in the short term, it is that my...
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you know you can see some of the big one step behind me going on. thousands of tons of rock will go through a long treatment process to yield several kilograms of enriched or. it will go to the most important place in the factory this. smelting furnace there gold will be extracted from the or. missing since the cathode residue is dried and religions are added to it and then it goes into this album where the temperature is one thousand five hundred degrees celsius in the gold is melted in two and a half to three hours we smell cold every two days. today will produce four bars weighing about one thousand five hundred ounces all together. the computer picked belongs to a canadian firm for that reason the production process follows western standards every single piece of equipment and even the workers clothes have been imported from canada. the staff enjoys high safety standards and is well paid many others would like to be employed here the enterprise is one of the largest sources of taxes for the country's national budget the factories managers have n
you know you can see some of the big one step behind me going on. thousands of tons of rock will go through a long treatment process to yield several kilograms of enriched or. it will go to the most important place in the factory this. smelting furnace there gold will be extracted from the or. missing since the cathode residue is dried and religions are added to it and then it goes into this album where the temperature is one thousand five hundred degrees celsius in the gold is melted in two...
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sure you can see some of the big ones behind me. thousands of tons of rock will go through treatment process to yield several kilograms of it rich or. go to the most important place in the factory the smelting furnace. will be extracted from the or . are added to it. and then it goes into this where the temperature is one thousand five hundred degrees celsius. the gold is smelted in two and a half to three hours. every two days. today will produce four bars weighing about one thousand five hundred ounces altogether. belongs to a canadian firm for that reason the production western standards every single piece of equipment and even the workers clothes have been imported from canada. laugh enjoys high safety standards and is well paid many others would like to be employed here the enterprise is one of the largest sources of taxes for the country's national budget the factories managers have no interest in revolutions and elections taking down and. they are confident that they will be able to come to terms with any regime. we have good
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you know you can see some of the big ones. thousands of tons of rock will go through a treatment process to yield several kilograms of enrich to or. go to the most important place in the factory the smelting furnace. extracted from the or. are added to it. and then it goes into this where the temperature is one thousand five hundred degrees celsius. the gold is smelted in two and a half to three hours. every two days. today will produce four bars weighing about one thousand five hundred ounces all together. it belongs to a canadian firm for that reason the production western standards every single piece of equipment and even the workers clothes have been imported from canada. the staff enjoys high safety standards and is well paid many others would like to be employed here the enterprise is one of the largest sources of taxes for the country's national budget. the factories managers have no interest in revolutions and elections taking down and. they are confident that they will be able to come to terms with any regime. we have
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sure you can see some of the big. thousands of tons of rock. or. the most important place in the factory the smelting furnace. extracted from me or. added to it. and then it goes into this album where the temperature is one thousand five hundred degrees celsius. the gold is melted in two and a half to three hours we spilt gold every two days so today we'll produce four bars weighing about one thousand five hundred ounces all together through. the computer pitch belongs to a canadian firm for that reason the production process follows western standards every single piece of equipment and even the workers clothes have been imported from canada. the staff enjoys high safety standards and is well paid many others would like to be employed here the enterprise is one of the largest sources of taxes for the country's national budget the factories managers have no interest in revolutions and elections taking down and. they are confident that they will be able to come to terms with any regime. we have good cooperation his government good cooperation people.
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or see some other part of it and realize that everything is ok if you don't i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. and you know. fun fun fun fun. the same. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right here in the lead i think iraq is needed and wanted well. whatever government says they're confused safe get ready because you're going to have freedom. all right it's time for you said it i read it or take time to respond to my brilliance and engaging viewer comments from facebook twitter and you too because when you've got something to say i listen now all three comments tonight come from group two and first i'd like to address a comment from the commenter that shall no longer be named you can see the name i just can no longer say it on t.v. without breaking out into laughter and losing my cool anyway this is in response to my constant attacks on the mainstream media for covering the casey anthony trial nonstop the comment said you know loner it's ok to have a heart and care about something that's very dearly important to the lot of us on an emotional level but that's right your c
or see some other part of it and realize that everything is ok if you don't i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. and you know. fun fun fun fun. the same. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right here in the lead i think iraq is needed and wanted well. whatever government says they're confused safe get ready because you're going to have freedom. all right it's time for you said it i read it or take time to respond to my brilliance and engaging viewer comments from facebook twitter...
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because the headlines up next is the kind of the report discussing how the shock waves from the big creek economic crisis could. i am ecstatic this is the as reports i'm sure reveal to you the intimate secret of global finance it's not about stuff like the acropolis being sold it's about securitizing the acropolis so it can be traded. all the debt held by the bankers will be paid off from trading commissions but before you can do that you have to turn everything into a security i will explain the whole thing anyway stacie ever what's happening well max has so over the past week as greece has been and have austerity measures forced on the greeks we have also seen this headline max debt leading greece finds no buyers and fire sale of national assets so apparently representatives of the greek government while all this protests were going on in the streets of athens they were in london at claridge's hotel looking to sell a fifty billion euros worth of income producing assets up for sale were thirty nine airports eight hundred fifty ports railways motorways sewage works a couple of energy comp
because the headlines up next is the kind of the report discussing how the shock waves from the big creek economic crisis could. i am ecstatic this is the as reports i'm sure reveal to you the intimate secret of global finance it's not about stuff like the acropolis being sold it's about securitizing the acropolis so it can be traded. all the debt held by the bankers will be paid off from trading commissions but before you can do that you have to turn everything into a security i will explain...
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tyson's is grover norquist it's wall street economists it's people in the republican party who are big business friendly and don't want to lose this program this is not a tea party thing in the i'm ok but does it still mean the if you meant you know we brought up the david brooks piece again is that still man the republican party isn't a normal party anymore when it's people like covering our requests and when it's wall street the dictates their every move. well you know i don't think they're dictate its every move i think that it's the company of a powerful constituency and over a period of decades now that wing of the republican party has managed one to do some things we should actually been very good not just good for the party but i think you know good for for republican voters and good for the country as a whole but you know it comes to a point where you reach this turning point with the economic crisis you get to take a fresh look at the fundamental infrastructure of this country our political economy is still and you know those same old answers don't really work as well as they
tyson's is grover norquist it's wall street economists it's people in the republican party who are big business friendly and don't want to lose this program this is not a tea party thing in the i'm ok but does it still mean the if you meant you know we brought up the david brooks piece again is that still man the republican party isn't a normal party anymore when it's people like covering our requests and when it's wall street the dictates their every move. well you know i don't think they're...
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over those who do right well it's based on that scenario the profits being made by the so-called too big to fail banks for use to deregulate or to dismantle free market capitalism and they instituted a command and control financial autocracy in its place so it's a failure once again. command and control that we saw in one nine hundred ninety one as you describe it it's a repeat of ninety ninety one it's a it's a failure of the polar bear of the federal reserve bank and other central bankers but looking at greece for a second they of course through a seven year period of history experienced military dictatorship under the hunt ken is a really much difference between the hunter and the troika. it's funny you should ask me this yesterday i was talking to an old man who had fought as a partisan during that existence against the nazis in the 1940's and he's done to me with a question he said wrote imagine the germans had one back then why would it be different now the juxtaposition that he drew was not with the who was with the p.d. a difficult patient under the nazis he and then and i asked
over those who do right well it's based on that scenario the profits being made by the so-called too big to fail banks for use to deregulate or to dismantle free market capitalism and they instituted a command and control financial autocracy in its place so it's a failure once again. command and control that we saw in one nine hundred ninety one as you describe it it's a repeat of ninety ninety one it's a it's a failure of the polar bear of the federal reserve bank and other central bankers but...
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you some other part of it and realize that everything is ok you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. let's not forget that we've had enough hard hard work. i think the beautiful and funny well. we never got the look says here very conclusively get ready for the freedom. for. for. our it's time for show and tell on tonight's program now last time i wanted your opinion on congress cutting social security and medicare benefits and we asked if congress ever did make those cuts when americans finally take on the streets. protests just like we saw in the u.k. over austerity measures last week let's go to producer patrice in a sense you could find out what you had to say. people in america well they haven't been known for their spontaneous protest of government decisions but if and when they do occur they're usually long planned heavily publicized major media events and what will happen in the us decides to cut social security and medicare so people take to the streets or not only take a look at a probable reaction from an older american yes that can happen and while cutting pensio
you some other part of it and realize that everything is ok you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. let's not forget that we've had enough hard hard work. i think the beautiful and funny well. we never got the look says here very conclusively get ready for the freedom. for. for. our it's time for show and tell on tonight's program now last time i wanted your opinion on congress cutting social security and medicare benefits and we asked if congress ever did make those cuts when...
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there are big issues facing our country right now. i don't have to tell you. we need long-term solutions for our debt and our deficits. we need to invest in education and infrastructure and we need to get our country on track with sustainable energy solutions. just to name is few. we've got a lot of work to do and i know all of you have good ideas. democrats are the party of big ideas and new technology and we want your input. please feel free to give it to us. i know i'm going to have to really push you hard to offer your opinion on the issues that matter to you so, you know, just try to give us a little help. republicans want to take us backwards on the other hand. they think cutting taxes and deregulating everything solves all of our problems. it doesn't matter what the issue is, their solution is cut taxes and deregulate. now, that might make for a good sound bite but it's not good for real people. so we're going to hold them accountable with their wrong-headed ideas. we're going to hold them accountable from today until election day. we're going to reelec
there are big issues facing our country right now. i don't have to tell you. we need long-term solutions for our debt and our deficits. we need to invest in education and infrastructure and we need to get our country on track with sustainable energy solutions. just to name is few. we've got a lot of work to do and i know all of you have good ideas. democrats are the party of big ideas and new technology and we want your input. please feel free to give it to us. i know i'm going to have to...
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it's big business. as erin mclaughlin shows us, one tour company is cashing in on potter mania. >> with a wave of her harry potter wand, this tour guide leaves a pack of moguls. >> this is platform 9, where we are now. >> reporter: the aim of the tour, to connect famous potter film clips to actual filming locations. tour companies across london are cashing in on the harry potter craze. tickets for a three-hour tour cost $40 for adults and $36 for children. but there are plenty of fans lining up to learn more about harry potter's past. the tourists are most popular among american and british tourists. so around the corner you can see the road curving around to the left. >> this family is visiting london from colorado. two full days out of their five-day following are devoted to footsteps of harry potter. >> how much are you spending on harry potter? >> i don't know. i guess $400. i guess you can say a percentage of the plane tickets. >> we all get the books when they come out. we can't wait for the other
it's big business. as erin mclaughlin shows us, one tour company is cashing in on potter mania. >> with a wave of her harry potter wand, this tour guide leaves a pack of moguls. >> this is platform 9, where we are now. >> reporter: the aim of the tour, to connect famous potter film clips to actual filming locations. tour companies across london are cashing in on the harry potter craze. tickets for a three-hour tour cost $40 for adults and $36 for children. but there are plenty...
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minister says he's ready for extra steps to stem the damaging rise of the ryal according to take up big economies have failed to agree on guidelines to manage their currencies meanwhile mahler's a lot of oil from eighty x. capital says russia has no reason to join the battle. russia seems to be in a slightly better position than some of the other developing nations will forget that these emerging economies have been emerging economies only last few years or so. russia's been around a lot longer although russia has a huge trade balance inflation is not really a major issue in russia and it does have a more developed economy so if there is a currency war between developers and developed economies and emerging market economies i don't figure russia will be dragged into it as soon as oh yes. let's have a look at them the markets now a stronger dollar and high interest rates in china pulling or a low or high rates may slow economic growth and demand for oil u.s. energy to parkland is to release a report thursday that could show that crude stockpiles dropped to a half million barrels last wee
minister says he's ready for extra steps to stem the damaging rise of the ryal according to take up big economies have failed to agree on guidelines to manage their currencies meanwhile mahler's a lot of oil from eighty x. capital says russia has no reason to join the battle. russia seems to be in a slightly better position than some of the other developing nations will forget that these emerging economies have been emerging economies only last few years or so. russia's been around a lot longer...
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there are downsides, big downsides to walking away. carman, the author of "the real cost of living" has tips. first, take a look at all your mortgage modification options. talk with your lender and ask about modification. you can talk to a counselor. at the department of housing and urban development site. she says there's another option, consider renting out your home while offering it for short sale. >> wouldn't that impact your credit in a way? couldn't it destroy your credit? >> it could. john of smartcredit.com gives the harsh realities.could. and johns says you should remember that walking away from your home is reported as a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure. either one of those will stay on your credit report for seven years. he says you will most likely not be able to get a mortgage for seven years, and if it's considered a strategic default, it could be considered for 11 years. if you are planning to foreclose, make sure you secure another place to live, most likely a rental before your credit takes that hit. >> that
there are downsides, big downsides to walking away. carman, the author of "the real cost of living" has tips. first, take a look at all your mortgage modification options. talk with your lender and ask about modification. you can talk to a counselor. at the department of housing and urban development site. she says there's another option, consider renting out your home while offering it for short sale. >> wouldn't that impact your credit in a way? couldn't it destroy your...
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he's calling for a big, big compromise at this point. but let me ask you about what bipartisan folks like bowles, alan simpson, the center for responsible federal budget. i mean they're saying there's simply no way to get at this huge $14 trillion debt just on the spending side, that you have to go after revenues to get to that number. >> i think there's really two parts to that, judy. one is to reduce the overall business tax rate hopefully to make us more competitive globally. as i read president clinton reiterated today just makes sense if it's cheaper to do business here in the united stat, then jobs will be created here. if it's cheaper to keep that cash and to create jobs abroad, that's what businesses will do because it makes economic sense. but again i think the last thing i would think you would want to do when the recovery is is so anemic and when the private sector is sort of sitting on the side lines because they don't know what the costs of doing business are going to be, tax rates, regulatory policy, that i think we need to
he's calling for a big, big compromise at this point. but let me ask you about what bipartisan folks like bowles, alan simpson, the center for responsible federal budget. i mean they're saying there's simply no way to get at this huge $14 trillion debt just on the spending side, that you have to go after revenues to get to that number. >> i think there's really two parts to that, judy. one is to reduce the overall business tax rate hopefully to make us more competitive globally. as i read...
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the senate, probably, but the house where there is a big sticking point. they have to come up with something that would clear the house in order to get through congress and become law. that is where they are stuck right now. they will meet thursday at the white house -- republican and democratic leaders together -- and going to try again to talk, but already it sounds like this will be a difficult conversation. yesterday, the speaker of the house john boehner, republican, put out this sort of warning that we could come to the white house and talk -- that is fine -- but it doesn't sound like things will go very far, he said, unless the president understands that republicans are not willing to raise taxes. as i said earlier, the president over the said we need a compromise, we need something that involves both cuts, which is what the republicans want, and ways to raise revenue. >> have democrats compromised on the hold medicare cuts issue? guest: right now there -- what to do with medicare and medicaid. i know the republicans said they want to raise the age
the senate, probably, but the house where there is a big sticking point. they have to come up with something that would clear the house in order to get through congress and become law. that is where they are stuck right now. they will meet thursday at the white house -- republican and democratic leaders together -- and going to try again to talk, but already it sounds like this will be a difficult conversation. yesterday, the speaker of the house john boehner, republican, put out this sort of...
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there's a big gap between leaders and voters. so the long-term potential of social media is to bridge that gap, to draw leaders so they can listen to people and give ordinary people a chance to engage people and explain. >> brown: limitations and all that you talked about. >> absolutely. >> brown: darrell west, andrew rasiej, cecilia kang, thank you very much. >> ifill: still to come on the "newshour": high stakes deficit negotiations; budget woes in minnesota; the massive cheating scandal in atlanta's schools; southern sudan prepares for independence and the roger clemens perjury trial. but first, with the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: president obama announced today he'll begin sending condolence letters to families of soldiers who commit suicide in combat zones. the decision reversed a policy that's been in place for years. military suicides have risen during the long-running wars in iraq and afghanistan. in his statement today, the president said, "these americans served our nation bravely. t
there's a big gap between leaders and voters. so the long-term potential of social media is to bridge that gap, to draw leaders so they can listen to people and give ordinary people a chance to engage people and explain. >> brown: limitations and all that you talked about. >> absolutely. >> brown: darrell west, andrew rasiej, cecilia kang, thank you very much. >> ifill: still to come on the "newshour": high stakes deficit negotiations; budget woes in minnesota;...
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so those are three big ones, and i'm sure i'm leaving lots of others off. now, whether or not they'll all get there this term depends on timing and a lot of other things. it should. there's the possibility that this term could be quite a dramatic one. >> other questions? yes, down here. >> picking up on ron and neal's colloquy there toward the end of the discussion wherein the lower courts tend to ignore, for lack of a better verb, the supreme court presence. how much of that, and i realize there's no perfect answer here, but opinions are interesting as far as i'm concerned, how much of that has to do with a willful desire to ignore the court, as ron hinted at, like you can't take them all, and how much of that will deal more with the fact that the court, the high court that is, has in its series of precedents that are relevant have stopped short of a bright line? that is to say, i'm thinking particularly of an oregon case, williamson v. philip morris, where punitive damages is the issue. the court in the last 15, 20 years offered several opinions that deal
so those are three big ones, and i'm sure i'm leaving lots of others off. now, whether or not they'll all get there this term depends on timing and a lot of other things. it should. there's the possibility that this term could be quite a dramatic one. >> other questions? yes, down here. >> picking up on ron and neal's colloquy there toward the end of the discussion wherein the lower courts tend to ignore, for lack of a better verb, the supreme court presence. how much of that, and i...
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it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a refundable tax credit -- rare category -- it doesn't help them. 70% of americans don't touch it. what are the biggest deductions under the u.s. tax code today? i in all my wisdom and education and experience on capitol hill, i raised my hand to the teacher and said well, it's the mortgage interest deduction, right? wrong. the biggest single deduction is the employers exclusion for health care premiums. so employers are able to exclude from income the amount of money they spend for health insurance for their employees. that's t
it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a...
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there is a hell of a big difference. .. this is all good, there was nothing intrinsically sound about having backend the good old days the democratic party that encompassed both pros segregation southerners and of northeast liberals. we submit the overlap and the cohesiveness but he said this was nonsense and we have a more educated electorate we have less crosscutting relationships where we fight during the day about one issue and have bureau of might and our friends on other issues and this is something jim talked about every issue becomes left and right and predictable we are less likely to hover locations where our enemies become friends. there's a saying that they are enemies, we marry them and nothing of those sort of crosscutting relationships are the essential to keep those societies together and now, you know, they've got match.com, one of the things the match people on mr. politics and there's few locations in d.c. where enemies are friends and the sites get mixed up. >> it's a tolerance issue i think the competit
there is a hell of a big difference. .. this is all good, there was nothing intrinsically sound about having backend the good old days the democratic party that encompassed both pros segregation southerners and of northeast liberals. we submit the overlap and the cohesiveness but he said this was nonsense and we have a more educated electorate we have less crosscutting relationships where we fight during the day about one issue and have bureau of might and our friends on other issues and this...
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the third tax that the democrats talk about raise segregate old favorite, big oil. this is so targeted, it only hits five companies out of the whole world. five american companies. so never mind we're punishing american businesses, american oil companies, who are the same businesses other companies all over the world. they're not being punished. but, no, we're going to attack american businesses who employ 9.2 million americans. we're going to say that they have to pay higher taxes than other businesses who are just like them. there are three particular tax provisions -- other businesses goat take in r&d tax credit. arnth we all for research and development in yes, but not in the oil and gas industry. where might they put that research and development money? welling for example, into ensuring when they sink a well-well deep in the gulf of mexico, it will be environmentally safe. no, you can't deduct that. all other businesses will be able to, but not you. what sense does that make? it's bad policy. how about the usual and necessary business expense, the deduction fo
the third tax that the democrats talk about raise segregate old favorite, big oil. this is so targeted, it only hits five companies out of the whole world. five american companies. so never mind we're punishing american businesses, american oil companies, who are the same businesses other companies all over the world. they're not being punished. but, no, we're going to attack american businesses who employ 9.2 million americans. we're going to say that they have to pay higher taxes than other...
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i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> washington, d.c., cloudy and 80 degrees. going to be thunderstorms and 93. that's the real weather report, not the one that is going on inside the white house today and for the next several days until they get some kind of a deal. storm clouds gathering. a new poll of republican voters in new hampshire, the first primary state, by the way, shows mitt romney is still on. still way ahead of the pack. take a look at the poll. the big is michele bachmann gaining ground and in second place. she is still trailing romney by double digits. giuliani at 7% and ron paul at 7% and rick perry from texas is not a declared candidate, he is number four. huntsman, pawlenty not even on the list. they are way down, put it
i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> washington, d.c., cloudy and 80 degrees. going to be thunderstorms and 93. that's the real weather...
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but an exhaustive history of big oil spills these are not freak accidents but evidence of big oil's neglect. empty safety promises belongs to transcanada who dubbed the keystone pipeline the safest pipeline ever built. a year and 1 spills later keystone was shut down and deemed an imminent threat to life, property and the environment. before we permit the keystone e.x. pipeline, another deadly transcanada pipeline, we must reform our safety regulation because our pipeline must be as consistent as old faithful. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: i ask permission to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. last weekend we celebrated america's independence day. as i visited with constituents, they asked that we create another independence movement. independence from middle eastern oil, and i agr
but an exhaustive history of big oil spills these are not freak accidents but evidence of big oil's neglect. empty safety promises belongs to transcanada who dubbed the keystone pipeline the safest pipeline ever built. a year and 1 spills later keystone was shut down and deemed an imminent threat to life, property and the environment. before we permit the keystone e.x. pipeline, another deadly transcanada pipeline, we must reform our safety regulation because our pipeline must be as consistent...
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three principles, recognizing the state of israel's right to exist, renouncing terrorism and abide big previous agreements. and just as the u.s. should not support a palestinian government whose very composition is anathema to peace, so too it should not support an easyall terntive to negotiations. that's why i introduced a resolution to cut all funding to the u.n. general assembly should it vote to recognize a palestinian state in direct contravention of the charter. true peace will only be made between two peoples, israelis and palestinians, not the 191 orr members of the yen assembly. israel, like the united states, welcomes those who would make peace even as it fights those who would make war. time and again, israel demonstrated its commitment to a palestinian tate living as its neighbor in peace and security. but there are no short cuts on the path to this outcome and there's no getting around the hard con segs that have to be made. the u.s. must now stand with israel and against those who would obstruction rather than advance the cause of peace. i urge me adoption of this resolut
three principles, recognizing the state of israel's right to exist, renouncing terrorism and abide big previous agreements. and just as the u.s. should not support a palestinian government whose very composition is anathema to peace, so too it should not support an easyall terntive to negotiations. that's why i introduced a resolution to cut all funding to the u.n. general assembly should it vote to recognize a palestinian state in direct contravention of the charter. true peace will only be...